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Chronic Homelessness
Chronic homelessness is experienced over a long period of time, or jin regular cycles in and out of homelessness. HUD defines chronic homelessness as an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who has either been continuously homeless for a year or more or has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. See also Homeless-Individual'>Chronically Homeless Individual.
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